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tonight. let's do this real quick. greg's repulsive news this is so disgusting i don't want to show it to you but here it goes. take a look at disgusting red pandas enjoying a nice, nutritious snack at a milwaukee zoo, bamboo, fruit and eggs. enough to make you sick to your stomach. jesse? >> jesse: there is a math teacher in dallas who changed his name to literally to anybody else running for president. so he expects his name to be right under the names of trump and biden so if you are interested in literally anybody else, vote for this guy tonight "jesse watters primetime" r.f.k. jr. at 8:00. >> dana: all right. jessica, next time. >> dana: that's it for us, everyone have. great night. hey, bret. >> bret: dana, literally anybody else has a shot. >> dana: tonight at 8:00. >> bret: thank you. good evening. i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, a split screen in new york today as the current and former president are both in the state for very different
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reasons. today the former president attended the wake of new york police officer jonathan diller who was killed during a traffic stop in queens earlier this week. president trump criticizing the current administration's policies calling for law and order. president biden is also in new york today for a previously scheduled fundraiser with former presidents bill clinton and barack obama. we have fox team conch tonight. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich has additional details on the president's high profile fundraising event but we begin with correspondent bryan llenas on long island as family and friends honor officer diller. good evening, brian. >> bret, good evening. a lion of mourners wrapped around the funeral home to pay their respects to officer jonathan diller. foer president trump was in attendance as he seeks to contrast his presidential campaign with the current policies of president joe biden. >> what happened is such a sad, sad event, such a horrible
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thing. and it's happening all too often. >> on long island, new york, former president trump attended the wake for fallen nypd officer jonathan diller, who was shot and killed monday during a traffic stop. police say the shooter had 21 prior arrests, trump says the law needs to be toughened up. >> we have to stop it. we have to get back to law and order. we have to do a lot of things differently. because this is not working. >> the former president met with officer diller's wife stephanie and 1-year-old son ryan. >> they are devastated. they have got a tough road. it's going to be a very tough road. >> trump was invited to attend today's wake by republican nassau executive blus blakeman. the president of the sergeant's union warning new york city council resolutions he don't show up. city council seems to believe challenges in today's day and age should be considered to be the victims of crimes. >> trump made no mention today of president biden who tonight is holding a campaign fundraiser just 30 miles away in new york
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city where former president's obama and clinton. meantime tributes officer diller. memorial grows outside his police precinct as blue ribbons and american flags line the streets of his hometown of massapequa park. 1,000 people attended a vigil to honor a family man and hero. >>er was born to be a cop. he was born to be a hero. he was born to be a horror. he died being a hero. he died doing what he loved. >> visitation hours continue again tonight at 7:00 p.m. the wake continues tomorrow. the funeral is on saturday. as for officer diller's suspected killer, he was charged today with first degree murder and attempted murder. prosecutors say he tried to shoot and kill officer diller's partner but his gun jammed. bret? >> bret: as mentioned president biden hosting a star studded
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music event music hall tonight his campaign says will break fundraising records. former presidents and celebrities will be in attendance but so are demonstrators. pro-palestinian groups expected to protest outside of tonight's event. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich reports tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. >> good evening, bret. the biden campaign is already touting what it calls the most successful fundraiser in american history, a sold out event with 5,000 attendees, further bolstering biden's more than 3 to 1 advantage over trump's cash on hand. but, while team biden wants dollars to signal momentum the numbers crunch doesn't work out so well in the polls. >> former president barack obama hitching a ride on air force one with his former v.p. to meet bill clinton conversation moderated by stephen colbert with a star-studded lineup including performances by lizzo, queen latifah and more. >> two really good
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communicators. bill clinton and barack obama both talking about what joe biden has been able to do. >> for 100 grand get picture with the three presidents snapped by famed recover from annie lib weeds half envelope to exclusive reception. biden's team framing the $25 million haul as a show of enthusiasm but his other numbers are not so good. outside radio city music hall, protesters calling to flood manhattan against genocide joe as new fox polls show 10% of registered voters now side with palestinians compared to right after hamas' terror attack. liberals, democrats, voters under 35, and women all shifting their views in double digits. the white house says it's rescheduling a meeting israel canceled after the u.s. allowed the u.n. to adopt a resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in gaza without a conditional hostage release. >> the u.s. has blocked previous votes from going through that looked exactly like this. so what caused the shift and what is the president's reason for allowing this to go through if it is a change?
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>> no, it is not. it is not a policy change. we have been very clear. >> it's a messaging change. >> no, we disagree, disagree. it's not about politics. it is not. the president does not lead his national security or things that are the right thing to do. >> voters polled by fox trust trump to do better on foreign policy by 11 points. today the former president spent his day with the family of a slain police officer. >> when crime is one of your biggest issues, seems to me to be a much, much better campaign day enormous kind of fundraiser. >> white house rejected the comparison saying president biden has stood with law enforcement his entire career and continued to fund police programs whereas violent crimes surged under the trump administration, bret. >> bret: jacqui, president biden did receive an invitation from house republicans tonight. what about that? >> oversight committee chairman james comer invited the president to what he called an opportunity to account for the millions in foreign funds that
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allegedly flowed to him, his family, or their business associates. but the spokesman for the white house council's office blasted off writing in part lol comer knows 20 plus witnesses knows he did nothing wrong. stunt dead end of impeachment call it a day pal, bret. >> bret: jacqui heinrich live on the north lawn. thanks. the former president is on long island. his attorneys appeared for a court hearing in georgia as part of his election interference case there. the fate of that trial and a potential trial start are now in the hands of a judge. correspondent jonathan serrie is in atlanta with that tonight. >> the future of the georgia criminal case against former president trump and his associates remains uncertain as the judge weighs today's arguments on whether mr. trump's alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election were protected by the first amendment. >> there is nothing alleged
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factually against president trump the that is not political speech. >> trump's team is asking the judge to dismiss the indictment, prosecutors want the trial to start august 5th. >> he is not being prosecuted for lying. he is being prosecuted for lying to the government, an act which is illegal because it does harm to the government. >> it was the first hearing in the georgia case since march 15, which special prosecutor nathan wade resigned to allow district attorney fani willis to continue prosecuting it. judge scott mcafee ruled both prosecutors could not try the case together after the defense alleged a conflict of interest because of willis' past romantic involvement with wade. the defense is expected to appeal. >> we're going to be arguing that his decision actually should have gone farther and should actually disqualified her. because he gave us all the factual findings we need. we just now need a court to say that's too much. that's enough. she has got to be disqualified. >> willis also on the defense against house republicans
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investigating her use of federal funds. in a letter, the house judiciary committee chairman jim jordan, willis writes i categorically reject the assertion that this office is deficient in responding to the committee's subpoena. the d.a. also warns jordan nothing that you do will derail the efforts of my staff and i to bring the election interference prosecution to trial. >> in other georgia news, separate from this case, "the atlanta journal constitution" reports that another georgia judge has fined the state republican party's first vice chairman, brian pritchard $5,000 for illegally voting nine times while serving probation for a felony check forgery sentence. pripritchard was 2020 election denier of the result. >> bret: former president trump speaks with brian kilmeade on "fox & friends" tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. eastern. check that out.
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we are awaiting an update from maryland governor wes moore on the baltimore bridge clasp coll. in the mean time the u.s. coast guard says the cargo ship that crashed into the support pillar had undergone engine maintenance at port just before the collision. and authorities are now learning more from that recorder found on board. correspondent griff jenkins is on the baltimore harbor again with the latest tonight. good evening, griff. >> good evening, bret. the very first crane arrived floating on a barge about an hour ago. we can show you that crane sits in the very area where they were doing recovery operations yesterday. as we watched the army corps of engineers leading the effort to clear the channel and open the port which is expected to take weeks, if not months. >> this work is not going to take days. this work is not going to take weeks. we have a very long road ahead of us. >> griff: governor west moore is
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requesting $60 million in initial emergency relief funding from the biden administration to begin salvage operations. and he notes additional funds will be needed. the u.s. navy is sending barges with cranes and support vessels to assist the army corps ninth busiest port. >> between 100 and $200 million of value that comes through that port every day. and about $200 million in wages that are at stake every day. >> according to ship tracker marine traffic, more than 10 vessels have had to reroute to other ports. and carnival cruise line was forced to move its baltimore operations to norfolk, beings v. >> some hazmat containers were breached. >> the dali has 56 containers with hazardous materials. plans to remove it can't grin this the debris is cleared and power is restored. as the investigation gets underway we are learning the ship is involved in a 2016 accident.
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footage shows the ship hitting a berth while exiting the port in antwerp, belgium. the cause of the accident was unknown. >> the baltimore orioles opening day game there were three transit authority honored for swift actions in closing that bridge, likely saving countless lives, bret. >> griff jenkins live outside the bridge there thanks. stocks mixed today. 47. the s&p 500 gained, nasdaq fell 20. the u.s. navy is calling on congress to pass stalled defense spending. we will take a look at the military's wish list and the price tag that goes along with that first, here's what some of our fox affiliates are covering tonight. wfxt search for marine in massachusetts swept away in high surf at a beach in puerto rico. officials say the 26-year-old
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was visiting the island with his family. fox 32 in chicago war 22-year-old man has been charged with 4 counts of first degree and seven counts of attempted murder after allegedly going on a stabbing spree across a northern illinois city. rockford police found victims at multiple locations, three people remain hospitalized tonight. four have been released. officers say the attacker had no clear motive. and this is a live look outside globe life field in arlington, texas from fox 4. our affiliate there. one of the big stories there tonight, it is, as griff mentioned, opening day for major league baseball. world series champion texas rangers will face the chicago cubs in tonight's game before the first pitch the rangers will be presented with the commissioner's trophy. that's tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back. ♪e...
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>> bret: russia has vetoed a united nations resolution that ends sanctions monitoring over north korea's nuclear program. sanctions will remain in place extended a mandate to a u.n.
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committee. the mandate has been renewed for 14 years. the west is accusing moscow of shielding its weapons purchases from north korea to use in its war against ukraine. russian president vladimir putin says the possibility of launching an attack on a nato member is nonsense but at the same time, he warns western air bases housing u.s. made f-16 fighter jets could be a legitimate target for kremlin forces, ukraine is awaiting the delivery of f-16s which are expects to help ukrainian forces hit back against russia's air dominance. the united states navy is asking law enforcement for more than $2 million in funding defense spending bill. nearly six months later officials warn short-term spending dills are hamstringing certain military operations. the request comes as china bolsters its sea fleet and ramps up aggression in the region.
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chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin shows us tonight from the pentagon. >> for the second time this month, chinese warships encircled a philippine supply boat using water canons to blast the vessel in the south china sea. the outgoing head of the u.s. military in the pacific warned congress china's military is getting more aggressive. >> things are trending in the wrong direction. they are continuing to develop their military machine despite an economy that has significant problems. their actions are becoming much more belligerent. >> with tensions rising in the south china and red seas, the navy's top leaders have presented congress with a $2.2 billion wish list. 13 items they say are needed due to congress' repeated delays. continuing resolutions to defense funding bills since october. and to the house republicans blocking the supplemental bill to fund ukraine, taiwan, and israel's defense needs. >> essentially, operating under cr is like operating with one
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arm tied behind your back. you are just not able to do it effectively. >> wish list includes # $2.9 million to buy more missiles for the navy's depleted 100 missile attacks since october. if the supplemental passed i will tell you it resupplies the weapons i have fired in the red sea. a lot of that goes to the industrial base. >> with a lie on global adversaries the navy also wants $50 million to buy four long range submarine launch torpedoes designed to sink deep diving submarines and aircraft carriers. >> the navy also wants $403 million for the u.s. submarine industrial base. something republican lawmakers put into the stalled ukraine funding bill. bret? >> bret: jennifer griffen live at the pentagon. jennifer, thanks. up next, a live report from new mexico's southern border. why officials there warn they face a unique challenge compared to other border states. we'll take you there. first, beyond our borders
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tonight. china says the u.s. should abide by the one china principle and stop interfering in the south china sea. beijing's defense ministry says it opposes u.s. arm sales to taiwan that comes as a congressional delegation visits the self-governed island pledging continued u.s. support. pope francis delivered a lengthy mass to rome based priest on this holy thursday. he blessed the oils for their easter church services and later traveled to rome's main women's prison to wash the feet of inmates there the 87-year-old appeared in good health after recent health issues. and this is a live look at london. one of the big stories there tonight, transit officials say hot dogs must remain above ground. london's underground network has asked a comedian to change his stand up show advertisement which features a hot dog due to a ban on junk food advertising.
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december 1st. disgraced ftx founder sam bankman-fried has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. the 32-year-old was convicted in november of fraud and conspiracy related to his digital currency exchange platform. prosecutors argued bankman-fried misappropriated funds to gain influence in the industry, costing his customers more than $10 billion. customers still trying to get that money back. bankman-fried delivered a statement today saying he was sorry. illinois crime policies are facing fierce criticism tonight after a tragic incident left an 11-year-old boy dead. police say that boy was protecting his pregnant mother from a suspect who had been released on parole the day before. an illinois parole official has sense resigned for recommending that man's release. correspondent alexis mcadams
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in is commission tonight. >> jayden perkins' smile could light up the room. the 11-year-old chicago boy was a talented dancer and singer who recently celebrated a scholarship to a local dance school. >> oh my god, seriously? i always wanted to go here. >> jayden was killed earlier this month. police say he was stabbed to death while trying to protect his pregnant mom from her violent ex-boyfriend. brand had just been released on parole. he was out for less than 24 hours for investigators say he murdered the child. and badly injured his mom. neighbors say they heard screams coming from the apartment. wondering why brand was ever allowed back out on the streets in the first place. >> he was something should have been con diversify hand. this is no excuse. >> brand had just served roughly half of his 16 year prison sentence for home invasion but was rearrested last month for threatening perkins mom.
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chicago's top cop says this tragedy should have been prevented. >> this is someone who should not have been on the street. >> the now deadly decision to let brand back out onto the streets was made by prison review board who recommended he should be released. that board was hand picked by illinois' democratic governor. governor j.b. pritzker now admitting that the suspect's case was not given the careful consideration needed before he was set free. and earlier this week both a chair and member of that parole board resigned. cook county states attorney kim cox calling for investigation. >> this is horrific and we need to done he a evaluation, particularly this case. >> his family and friends continue to mourn the death of this 11-year-old innocent boy in chicago. the governor here in illinois, j.b. pritzker calling for review of the board's policies specifically when it comes to domestic violence. the family still wants to know why this guy was ever out on the streets in the first place, bret. >> bret: alexis mcadams in
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chicago. alexis, thanks. ♪ # republicans controlled outside of representatives expected to send two impeachment articles al mayorkas to the senate on april 10th. chuck schumer says senators will be sworn in as jurors the following day. house speaker mike johnson is calling for a full public trial. senator schumer called the impeachment vote a sham. the senate must technically hold a vote for the articles. but it could proceed with portions of the trial, dismiss the articles, table them, or send them to a committee #. >> agents in new mexico warn the situation in their state is dire and very different from that of neighboring texas rather than turning themselves into border patrol like in other states, migrants crossing into new mexico are purposefully avoiding agents all together. senior correspondent casey stegall shows us tonight from
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sun land, park. >> a tale of two border states the texas installed razor wire ends where sun land, new mexico begins. they are experiencing different side of the migrant crisis. >> what we are seeing in new mexico on this side of the border they don't want to get caught. >> illegal crossings disrupting everyday life. wednesday morning 6 migrants caught near a middle school, the search forced a lock down and the school's superintendent says it's the second time it's happened in the past week. >> concerning it does at some level disrupt our educational process lot fire department is feeling the strain on resources responding to migrant rescues and body recoveries fire chief tells fox illegal crossings take a toll on his team and the community. >> they will find in backyards, tool sheds. the vast majority i'm sure are good people and looking for
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better life. but, again, we have seen the statistics. we know that there are bad actors in those groups. >> those bad actors often make their way far beyond border states. new numbers from ice show 216 criminal migrants were apprehended during a two week operation this month nationwide. >> many arrested had additional serious criminal convictions, including burglary, arson, assault, king, extortion. sexual assault and forgery. >> investigators say 104 of those arrested from the u.s. illegally entered again. alarming number for people living and work on the frontline. frontlines. >> i'm not going to say we are overwhelmed but it's taxing on the community. >> and officials say the bad problems will only get worse when the summer heat arrives translate into more calls
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migrant. >> bret? casey stegall thanks. as record number of migrants pour into the u.s. many u.s. citizens are moving out. number of u.s. expats in european countries is now on the rise. correspondent alex hogan explains why increasing number of americans are leaving the u.s. behind. >> americans are moving to europe in growing numbers, it's the largest group coming that wants to relocate for a better life? relocation specialist say americans pointing to the same two problems. safety reaches and quality gleefns boston market had a mass shooting. the local pizza place that i went to on a regular basis had a mass shooting. >> brian and janice say they left their home in washington, d.c. for a more affordable and safer life in portugal. >> i don't fear for my life here. politics back home also came into play. >> nobody good to vote for.
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nobody going to help the country. >> according to euro stats the number of u.s. citizens moving to the european union first spiked after the 2016 election. relocation companies tell fox that that trend really kicked off in 2020. >> we anticipate with this coming election that it becomes even more, you know relevant for people to act. >> moving from l.a. to poland. >> having the flexibility to leave and move to another country if you isn't very powerful. >> in 2022 the number of u.s. citizens in the european union climbed 28%. majority of americans are moving to france, then spain, germany, netherlands and then italy, some smaller countries are making big waves for what they can offer. 79-year-old linda from santa fay, new mexico will move to portugal california like retirement without the west coast price tag. >> the climate is marvelous and the sea is even more marvelous.
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and so if you add all of that together, it's a great decision as far as i'm concerned. >> so it the grass truly greener? all of these americans tell us they do not regret it but more to not under estimate the red tape of moving and the culture shock. bret? >> bret: alex hogan in london. alex, thanks. up next, the panel on presidential politics as former president trump and president biden both travel to new york for different reasons. we'll bring that. ♪ ♪ in san antonio, texas. i ran my own hvac business and now i'm retired. i'm not good being retired. i'm a pain in the neck. i like to be able to have a purpose. about three or four years ago, i wasn't feeling as if i was as sharp as i used to be. i saw the prevagen commercials. after a short amount of time taking prevagen, i started noticing a difference-- that i'm remembering this, i'm remembering that. i stopped taking prevagen and i found myself slacking back so i jumped right back on it. prevagen. at stores everywhere without a prescription.
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>> anybody run a campaign this could help the democratic campaign identify target voters and get them out to vote. >> i think it's going to be a really terrific and special moment for the campaign and for the country to see. >> not joe biden we need to worry about. it's the machine underneath him propping him up. that's what i take away from the obama and clinton machine involvement. >> it's not exactly a good campaign look, particularly if former president trump is overseeing the wife of a slain policeman at the same time. >> well, that is what's happening today. it was a split screen moment. here's how politico writes it, biden's ny c'mone bomb president joe biden heads to the big apple
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for a star studded fund raising event for barack obama and bill clinton and late show host stephen colbert. biden will break fundraising records bringing in $25 million for the one night only event. tonight's nyc split screen former president trump will attend the wake of a slain nypd officer as he goes after biden over crime. brian kilmeade interviewed the former president. he will show that on "fox & friends" tomorrow. here's a piece. >> i think that politically he can't support the police. i think he is also making a mistake. but i think politically, his base won't let him support the police. and i support the police. i would say at the highest level of any president by far. maybe double or triple. and they knew that. that's by when i walked into that funeral parlor, it was like love. they want to shy away from it. they didn't even call the family. >> bret: former president will be on "fox & friends" with brian
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kilmeade there aboard trump force 1 it appears. let's bring in our panel trey gowdy, former congressman from south carolina. fox news senior political analyst juan williams and guy benson. host of the guy benson show on fox news radio. trey, you know, obviously, the president is going to raise at love money. this was a fundraiser on the books. but, to mark penn's point, the split screen is not a great look. >> no, it's awful. and can you do both. we have had slain police officers in my state. tim scott was the very first one to call him. sometimes he went and visited. you can actually do both. i know you need to raise money. it's hard to reschedule two former presidents, but you ought to take time while you are in new york to go express your sympathy. you don't just have to be pro-law enforcement. be pro-human being and say we are sorry for your loss. he can do both, and my advice to him would be to do both.
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>> yeah. juan, karine jean-pierre saying that the hearts go out to the officer's family and the broader nypd family. and then they go on to point out how they believe the biden-harris administration has supported police officers. should he have done more? >> i think he will do more. but, i mean, in the moment, if he was trying to contrast himself with former president trump, yes, he would have succeeded and try to somewhat thwart trump's effort to make this somehow a crime wave to be blamed on biden in the country is all going to hell and, you know, american carnage. it's all picking up on that theme which has been a staple of trump's rally speeches. but the big news to me just looking at the politics of it, bret, is that money, money is a big advantage in american politics. you can go and campaign in places and some places in red or purple states and force your
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opponent to have to spend money there as well. i'm thinking of ohio, for example, where right now trump would be favored but, again, if you see biden spending money, i think trump will have to do something. and meanwhile, i don't think trump could get former presidents on the republican side to go campaign with him not george w. bush or dick cheney and maybe not mike pence. trump is off selling bibles and sneakers. >> bret: guy, thoughts? >> well, the white house can say that their hearts go out to this family, but the president did not go out to the wake. he is busy rubbing elbows with stephen colbert and lizzo who i guess has been uncanceled. i missed that memo but that's interesting. they will raise a lot of money. they are the big money in politics party now. the democrats have been for years. but i think donald trump made it a point to get to that wake, not just to signal his support for law enforcement but to highlight some of the policy failures, yes, that led to this horrible
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shooting. this was a gunman, allegedly, who had been arrested 21 prior times. and now he has been arrested a 22nd time after apparently murdering a young family man, an nypd officer and the juxtaposition of trump being there, miles away from this big glitzy event for joe biden, which will be very beneficial to their campaign beings moneywise, no doubt about that. i think the images though and the message sent is quite powerful as well. >> bret: guy, radio show you had former secretary of state, former cia director mike pompeo. all this talk and we had the candidate casino, a vp potential particular picks. his name does come up. take a listen to this little segment from your show. >> who is donald trump going to select as his running mate for this upcoming election in november? let's just say that phone call came in for you to get vetted or at least gain that type of question. would you be open to it. >> if i got a chance to serve
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and the president wanted me to serve and i thought i could make a difference, i'm almost certain that i would say yes to a request like that if i thought i could literally help the president be successful in whatever role that might be. i would be pretty inclined to go and try to be part of the team. >> bret: it was an interesting answer. i don't think i have heard him answer something like that. guy? >> he also got into substance on policy and all of that elsewhere in the interview i asked him that political question at the very end, it's getting some attention. if you think about pompeo and his resume, secretary of state, cia director, west point guy, is he a very solid, stable, sort of calming presence. there's a case to be made absolutely for mike pompeo, depending on what trump would value on a ticket. and i think at the very least he merits serious consideration. and based on that answer, he would at least be willing to take that call and step up if the request came in.
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>> bret: trey, it doesn't seem like there is a decision in the offing here that this might be playing out all the way up to july, maybe, if we had to guess with the former president's plan. >> i think this highlights the danger of artificial intelligence that there is no way in the world that was mike pompeo's voice. i was in a law firm with mike. who would give up having teleconferences with me and john ratcliffe to be the vice president of the united states? so, i think the whole thing is fake. i don't know who he is going to pick the last i heard he said he didn't need a vice president. who enjoys going to funerals for a living? i don't know who it is going to be. but if it's pompeo, i will be disappointed and i will be a lot poorer. >> bret: that's good, panel stand by. i want to mention we were monitoring that news conference with maryland governor west moore. he just said that president biden approved his $60 million
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emergency aid request for the recovery efforts and he the rebuild as you look like there. monitoring for news. nothing besides that request getting through. we will continue to look at that up next, the panel on the border crisis. the criticism of president biden's efforts to address it specifically. and, later, animals on the hunt for some easter eggs? we will see. ♪
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♪ chanting free palestine] >> looking like outside radio music hall palestinian protesters. they called them abandon biden protesters: president biden's reluctance, they say, to call for a cease-fire in gaza. they say they will be out and about as this fundraiser gets underway at radio city music hall with the former presidents and stephen colbert. panel now turning topics to the topic of immigration and how much it still is very, very prevalent on politics not only for border states but around the country. >> we're seen as a weak administration right now and this administration continues to not do anything. they are catering to what the people are coming across, they are putting americans last. >> we should be aware -- where the majority of americans are they want us to deal with what is happening at the border and they want us to fix this immigration system.
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>> >> bret: if you look at our latest fox news poll of biden administration failures, when asked about that, immigration tops that list at 31%. again, failures for the administration. the administration pushing back on that. guy, this issue, you heard it in the president's state of the union address. but it's not going away. and it seems to only be increasing. >> yes. because the president has the opportunity to, with the stroke of a pen, undo unilaterally a number of bad decisions he made on day one of his presidency. yes, he would love congress to act and debate those pieces of legislation until we are blue in the face but he has the opportunity to make this much better immediately and is he simply refusing to do it. the deflection from the white house isn't going to really sell with a lot of the people. what we are seeing, bret, especially last month in february, the worst february ever on record for border apprehensions, a lot of those folks are now moving the cartels
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are shifting them westward to democratic governors, new mexico, arizona, california as texas is stepping up their enforcement to the chagrin of the administration, producing lawsuits where the state of texas. it's a mess and there is really one person primarily responsible. >> hear that. it is true and republicans definitely have talking point. you look who is to blame situation southern border. it does seem like the administration and efforts to point that bill is having some effect. biden 74%. congress at 82%. despite everything that guy just said. >> well, you know, he is the incumbent. is he the guy behind the big desk and so people are going to hold him responsible. do i think that he has dulled the issue somewhat by saying hey, we had a bipartisan bill endorsed by, you know, border patrol chamber of commerce and others on the conservative side.
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and republicans rejected it and at trump's insistence. but i think that biden has to do something because as the fox poll showed, this is a real issue for voters. they want some action. and they don't want to finger pointing and blaming. a lot of the, you know, action, unfortunately, is taking place in courts just this week. the fifth circuit put a hold on what texas was doing. but that doesn't come across as a win for biden, so much as just more noise, i think, to american voters. >> bret: speaking of courts, i want to turn topics real quick, trey. that is the judge in georgia now considering this case whether to kick out fani willis again whether the case down in georgia, the election interference case goes forward. here is fani willis from the weekend. just listen. >> i guess my greatest crime is i had a relationship with a man. but that's not something that i find embarrassing in any way. and i know that i have not done anything that's illegal. all while that was going on, we
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were writing responsive briefs. we were still doing the case in the way that it needed to be done. i don't feel like we have been slowed down at all. i do think that there are efforts to slow down this train but the train is coming. >> trey, you are think the train is coming? >> if she is not embarrassed then she is just not easily embarrassed, bret. any d.a. would be embarrassed at the mere thought of possibly being kicked off of a case. i think if the train comes, it's going to come after november and it may even come after the new president is inaugurated whether it's biden or trump. so, she is not first in line new york is this case is on appeal. the judge is considering the first amendment arguments on another part of the case; if she is happy with the way things are going in georgia. then she needs to go become a defense attorney and not a prosecutor. >> bret: all right, panel, thanks a lot. ♪ ♪ >> bret: finally tonight, a special day.
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you know, greg gutfeld has animals are great and we have animals zoo easter egg. staff coloring eggs throughout the animal's habitat. special treats, nuts, berries, fruits, the bears, for example. i'm fond of those. for example, they set out to find eggs shell made from shells and water. meantime hunting for eggs. we try to compete with greg here sometimes. tomorrow is the red year anniversary of russian imprisonment of russian gershkovich. talk with the "wall street journal" editor and chief. thanks for inviting us into your home. fair, balanced and unafraid. "the ingraham angle" is now. ♪ >> will: i'm will cain in for laura ingraham and this is a special edition of "the ingraham angle" from new york city tonight. >> to the rescue, barack obama, the former president is reportedly making near constant calls to the white house, panic seems to be se